Morality in Practice

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ISBN: 9780534521127 | 0534521126
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Copyright: 8/1/2000

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The most timely anthology available, MORALITY IN PRACTICE covers a number of critical contemporary issues, including war and terrorism, cloning, and the environment. Providing broad coverage of topics and opinions, Sterba draws from current journalism as well as philosophy to present opposing viewpoints on each issue. Each chapter covers a different area of moral concern with readings that provide alternative views as well as practical applications. Introductions to each section provide background for each issue as well as discussion of the ethical theory behind the readings.

Preface	p. ix
General Introduction	p. 1
The Distribution of Income and Wealth	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Alternative Views
The Libertarian Manifesto	p. 23
Radical Egalitarianism	p. 32
A Social Contract Perspective	p. 42
From Liberty to Equality	p. 54
Practical Applications
Wyman, Commissioner of New York Department of Social Services v. James	p. 61
Plyler v. Doe	p. 64
Near and Distant Peoples	p. 71
Introduction	p. 74
Alternative Views
Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor	p. 77
The Solution to World Poverty	p. 84
Impartiality, Beneficience, and Friendship	p. 88
Morality, Parents, and Children	p. 93
Practical Applications
The Food-Aid Racket	p. 101
Some Moral Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid	p. 104
Abortion and Euthanasia	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Alternative Views
A Defense of Abortion	p. 117
Why Abortion Is Immoral	p. 125
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion	p. 129
A Feminist Defense of Abortion	p. 139
Euthanasia, Killing, and Letting Die	p. 145
The Intentional Termination of Life	p. 155
Practical Applications
Planned Parenthood v. Casey	p. 160
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health	p. 166
Sex Equality	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Alternative Views
Justice and Gender	p. 175
Feminist Justice and the Family	p. 186
Philosophers against the Family	p. 192
They Lived Happily Ever After: Sommers on Women and Marriage	p. 198
Is Male Power Really a Myth?	p. 205
Why So Slow?	p. 214
Practical Applications
Bill of Rights	p. 226
The Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action	p. 227
Affirmative Action	p. 231
Introduction	p. 231
Alternative Views
The Case against Affirmative Action	p. 233
The Case against Pojman	p. 246
Affirmative Racism	p. 251
The Case for Affirmative Action	p. 258
Practical Applications
Hopwood v. Texas	p. 262
The Case against Hopwood	p. 268
Sexual Harassment	p. 277
Introduction	p. 277
Alternative Views
Understanding Sexual Harassment at Work	p. 280
Exaggerating the Extent of Sexual Harassment	p. 289
Sexual Harassment in the University	p. 293
Understanding, Explaining, and Eliminating Sexual Harassment	p. 302
Practical Application
Harris v. Forklift Systems Inc.	p. 314
Pornography	p. 317
Introduction	p. 317
Alternative Views
Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech	p. 320
Feminists against the First Amendment	p. 331
Practical Applications
American Booksellers v. Hudnutt	p. 337
Donald Victor Butler v. Her Majesty the Queen	p. 344
Hate Speech	p. 351
Introduction	p. 351
Alternative Views
No Speech Code	p. 354
Speech Codes and Diversity	p. 357
Regulating Racial Speech on Campus	p. 358
The Chilly Climate on College Campuses: An Expansion of the "Hate Speech" Debate	p. 376
Practical Applications
Curry v. Stanford	p. 384
Policy Statement: Free Speech and Bias on College Campuses	p. 391
Gay and Lesbian Rights	p. 395
Introduction	p. 395
Alternative Views
Homosexual Conduct Is Wrong	p. 398
Homosexual Conduct Is Not Wrong	p. 400
Prejudice and Homosexuality	p. 402
Homosexuality's Legal Revolution	p. 409
Practical Applications
Baker v. Vermont	p. 418
Gun Control	p. 425
Introduction	p. 425
Alternative Views
Protection or Peril? An Analysis of Firearm-Related Deaths in the Home	p. 427
Armed Resistance to Crime	p. 430
Guns in America	p. 435
Crime Is Not the Problem	p. 439
American Homicide Exceptionalism	p. 450
Practical Applications
The Brady Bill	p. 463
Animal Liberation and Environmental Justice	p. 469
Introduction	p. 469
Alternative Views
All Animals Are Equal	p. 474
Ethical Vegetarianism Is Unfair to Women and Children	p. 484
The Ethics of Respect for Nature	p. 492
Environmental Justice	p. 504
The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism	p. 510
Practical Applications
From the Animal Welfare Act	p. 518
Amendments to the Animal Welfare Act	p. 519
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill	p. 520
Punishment and Responsibility	p. 525
Introduction	p. 525
Alternative Views
The Crime of Punishment	p. 530
A Utilitarian Theory of Punishment	p. 537
A Critique of the Humanitarian Theory of Punishment	p. 542
Classical Retributivism	p. 546
Practical Applications
Deterrence and Uncertainty	p. 554
Civilization, Safety, and Deterrence	p. 556
Gregg v. Georgia	p. 559
War and Humanitarian Intervention	p. 567
Introduction	p. 567
Alternative Views
Reconciling Pacifists and Just War Theorists	p. 572
The Politics of Rescue	p. 579
The Futility of U.S. Intervention in Regional Conflicts	p. 585
Practical Applications
Peacekeeping, Intervention, and National Sovereignty in Internal Armed Conflict	p. 590
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